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HANSARDThe Future of News (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to open today’s debate on the future of news, which follows the report from the Communications and Digital Committee last autumn. Like my noble…25 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Newspapers and News Magazines: Foreign State Investment FundsMy Lords, the Minister will not be surprised that I am disappointed that the department has not provided her with any more information than that which she gave us last time. If…27 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Newspapers and News Magazines: Foreign State Investment FundsTo ask His Majesty’s Government when they intend by regulations under Schedule 7 to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 to provide exemptions for certain funds…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I simply want to make two points, one on procedure and the other on substance. On procedure and the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Harris of Haringey, he will know,…25 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMy Lords, I refer the Minister to the letter from the SRA, which it sent me this week and I have published on X this morning, detailing why it has not taken action against the…06 Mar 2025HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationMy Lords—06 Mar 2025HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hazarika, and I pay tribute to all those doing their maiden speeches today. The first time I spoke in an…06 Mar 2025HANSARDTelegraph NewspapersTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to intervene to force a sale of Telegraph newspapers, in accordance with Chapter 3A of Part 3 of the Enterprise Act 2002, to…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTelegraph NewspapersMy Lords, it is a year since this House voted to put beyond doubt the possibility of a foreign Government or power owning a British newspaper, yet ownership of the Telegraph…05 Mar 2025HANSARDLondon Stock Exchange: Decline in UK FundsMy Lords, can the Minister tell us why, in opposition, the Labour Party proposed that it would follow the French Tibi approach to pension investment when they got into government,…13 Feb 2025HANSARDGrowing the UK EconomyMy Lords, to return to the Minister’s remarks about innovation, how would he justify to the innovators and risk-takers who are starting up businesses and trying to scale up in the…03 Feb 2025HANSARDRoyal Albert Hall Bill [HL]My Lords, before I turn to the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Hodgson, which I support—and I commend him for the comprehensive way in which he introduced it—I want to…29 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, this topic understandably arouses a lot of emotion, but it is a difficult one to resolve satisfactorily. The Communications and Digital Committee has examined the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDCompetition and Markets Authority ChairmanMy Lords, I welcome the CMA’s recent commitment to review its approach to mergers and acquisitions and would welcome any further moves in that direction. Can the Minister tell the…27 Jan 2025HANSARDFree Schools and AcademiesMy Lords, I declare an interest as a social mobility commissioner, but I am of course speaking in a personal capacity. My focus in that role is promoting the importance of common…23 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanMy Lords, on behalf of the Communications and Digital Select Committee of your Lordships’ House, I am pleased to welcome the AI Opportunities Action Plan , with the exception of…16 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I apologise to the Minister for intervening on her when I have not spoken earlier in this debate, but I was reassured by what she just said on Amendment 162. Remarks made by other…16 Dec 2024HANSARDBBC: ImpartialityMy Lords, I highlight for the Minister, and indeed the whole House, a report called The Future of News , published by the Communications and Digital Select Committee of your…28 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformI refer back to the question asked by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. Might the Minister wish to reconsider his reaction that a legitimate question about the sanction of…25 Nov 2024HANSARDLarge Language Models and Generative AI (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great honour to open a debate in your Lordships’ House but an even bigger one to chair one of its Select Committees. Indeed, it is a pleasure to work with…21 Nov 2024